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p Smt. Pritilata Waddedar Bharatiya Svatantrata Yoddha, Teacher EARLY LIFE May 1911  After completing her education in and , she attended in .

 Pritilata graduated in philosophy with distinction.

 After completing her education in Calcutta, Pritilata returned to Chittagong. In Chittagong, she took up the job of headmistress at a local English medium secondary school

SUMMARY REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES

After a brief stint as a school  planned to attack the Pahartali European Club

teacher, Pritilata joined a

which had a signboard that read "Dogs and Indians not

revolutionary group headed

allowed" leadership of the attack.

by Surya Sen.

Pritilata went to Kotowali Sea Side for arms training and

She led a team of fifteen

made the plan of their attack there.

revolutionaries in 1932 attack

 All the members of the group were given potassium cyanide

on the Pahartali European

Club which had a sign board and were told to swallow it if they were caught that read "Dogs and Indians  On the day of the attack, Pritilata dressed herself as a not allowed". Punjabi male

The revolutionaries torched the club and were later caught TRIAL AND MARTRYDOM September 1932 by the British police. To avoid  In the club, a few police officers who had revolvers started arrest, Pritilata consumed shooting. Pritilata incurred a single bullet wound cyanide and died  Injured Pritilata was trapped by the British police. She swallowed cyanide to avoid getting arrested. Thus sacrificing her life for the Nation